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Definition of Common polypody
1. Noun. Mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia.
Generic synonyms: Polypody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Polypody
Literary usage of Common polypody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"Among the furze, tormentilla offici- nalis, common tormentil; vicia cracca, tufted
vetch ; and on the old walls, polypodium vulgare, common polypody ; and ..."
2. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"... it may abound in many parts of the British Isles without having been discovered.
XVII.—THE common polypody. Polypodium vulgare, (Plate IV., page 55. ..."
3. The Linnean Fern Bulletin by Linnaean Fern Chapter, Willard Nelson Clute (1893)
"... know where to look for the latter, we find them as plentiful as any of the
others. This is especially true of three relatives of the common Polypody. ..."
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